John Rafferty (July 3, 1953 – June 30, 2019) was a

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politician, who served as the Member of Parliament for

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from

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to 2015 for the

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. Rafferty was previously the party's candidate in

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for the

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federal election, in Thunder Bay—Rainy River for the 2004 and 2006 federal elections, and in Thunder Bay—Atikokan in the 2003 and 2007 provincial elections. Provincially, he lost to incumbent MPP

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by a margin of just 50 votes in 2007. Rafferty was born in Wingham,

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. He worked as a radio broadcaster for CKPR in

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before leaving to pursue his first election campaign. He subsequently launched his own business producing voiceovers for educational and training videos. Rafferty introduced one piece of legislation: the ''National Strategy for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Act''. He first introduced it on September 30, 2010, in the third session of the 40th Parliament as a private member's bill. He re-introduced it in June 2011, during the first session of the 41st Parliament. He was slated to represent the

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in the 2018 Ontario provincial election campaign, but withdrew in January 2018 due to ill health. He died on June 30, 2019, from cancer, at the age of 65, three days before his 66th birthday.

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John Rafferty
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rafferty, John Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario New Democratic Party MPs Politicians from Thunder Bay 2019 deaths Canadian radio personalities 1953 births 21st-century Canadian politicians Deaths from cancer in Ontario People from Wingham, Ontario